Lantern-lighting device.



J. P. MALONEY. LANTERN LIGHTING DEVICE. APPLIUATION FILED JUNE s, 1910.

Patenud Dee. 6, 1910. l

"UNITED sTATEs PATENT FFICE JAMES P. MALONEY, 0F ELMHURST, PENNSYLVANIA.

LANTERN-LIGHTING DEVICE.

To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, JAMES P. MALONEY, a citizen of the United States, residing at Elmhurst, Lackawanna county, Pennsylvania, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Lantern-Lighting Devices, of which the following is a clear, full, and exact description.

This invention relates Lo lighting devices for lanterns, and the obj ect of the invention is to provide an eflicient and reliable lighting device which permits the introduction of a match through the lighting device and into the globe of the lantern without subjecting the flame Lo danger of extinguishment by drafts.

A further object of the invention is to provide an improved bscratching surface for a match whether the match be of the ordinary single dip type, or double dip match; that is to say, one which has an igniting head and a friction surface located at the center of the head, such as are usually termed birds eye matches.

A further object of the invention is to generally improve the construction and action of lighting attachments for lanterns.

rfhese being some of the objects in view, my invention consists of certain features of construction to be hereinafter described and then claimed with reference to the accompanying drawings showing a suitable embodiment of the invention, and in which- Figure l is a front elevation of a lantern with the improved lighting device attached; Fig. 2 is a sectional elevation of the chimney gallery showing how the attachment is mounted thereon; Fig. 3 is a longitudinal section of the lighting attachment on the line 3 3 Fig. 4; and Fig. A is a longitudinal section thereof on the line l-t Fig. 3.

The lantern 1 may be of any suitable type, having the usual chimney gallery 2, and chimney or globe 3 and burner 4l. The lighting attachment in its preferred form consists of a hollow or tubular body member 5 which is mounted upon the chimney gallery 2, so as to surround or be coincident with an opening 6 in the chimney gallery. Preferably the said body member 5 does not protrude below the chimney gallery, and it is placed in inclined position toward the burner 4f, -so that when a match is inserted the same will be directed toward the wick.

Specicaton of Letters Patent.

Application filed June 8, 1910.

Patented Dec. 6, 1910. Serial No. 565,720.

The essential feature of the present invention lies in the friction means within the body member 5, whereby the head of the match is ignited. To this end there are mounted within the said body member 5 two opposing strips or plates 7, 8, constituting friction members. The said strips or plates are of sheet metal so as to have the necessary resiliency or spring, and they are attached to opposite sides of the said body member at 7a, 8a. In order that the said plates or strips 7, 8, may have the desired resiliency, they are preferably so bent as to form humps or turns 9, 10, located at the upper end of the body member. As shown more clearly in Fig. l, each of said plates or strips is provided with a series of perforations 11, which are formed by striking portions 12 of the metal therefrom, said portions l2 being in the nature of burs or sharp points of a more or less irregular nature. The said burs furnish a reliable friction means for the friction portion of the match, and the perforations permit the ready clearing of any adhering material from the said plates or strips. Any material which might tend to adhere to the plate will usually nd entrance through the perforations into the spaces behind the said strips, and can readily be removed from said spaces when desired. Preferably a tortuous form is given to the passage 13 between the opposing plates or strips 7 8, by making the latter sinuous or wavy, as shown in Fig. 3. This is for the purpose of assuring the ignition of matches of the birds eye type referred to, as it is quite obvious that the frictionsurface located at the center of the match head will be ignited at one point or the other along said tortuous passage 13.

Obviously, the invention is equally applicable to oil or gas lamps and lanterns in general, especially to automobile lamps.

What I claim isl. A lighting device for lanterns, comprising a hollow or tubular body member, and a resilient friction member thereon having a hump or turn at one end and the outer end of said hump or turn being secured to one end of said body member whereby the resiliency of said friction member is increased.

2. A lighting device for lanterns, comprising a body member, and complementary opposing, sinuous'or wavy, friction members bers providing a tortuous passage between each haring more than one bend arranged them. l0 to provide a tortuous passage between them. Signed at Scranton Pennsylvania this Llfth 3. A lighting device for lanterns, comprisday of June 1910. ing` a body member, and opposing sinuous JAMES P. MALONEY. or wavy resilient friction members having Witnesses: bumped inner ends secured to the inner end FRANK E. JANNE'r'r,

of said body member, said friction mem- JAMES GARDINER GAUDERSON. 

